The number of people who have died with Coronavirus in the Moorlands has increased by one this week, according to the latest update released earlier today by the Office for National Statistics.

The death toll remains steady after one death was also recorded last week and the week before.

It comes as the Moorlands, along with the rest of England, prepares to enter a four-week national lockdown from Thursday, 5th November.

The local Coronavirus death figures are released weekly, with the latest figures relating to the week ending Friday, October 23rd.

The figures also show that the latest death took place in a hospital. The total number of people in the Moorlands who have now died due to Coronavirus currently stands at 82.

Of the 82 Moorlands deaths, 59 have taken place in hospitals, 16 have occurred in care homes, three have occurred at home, with two at other communal establishments, one in a hospice, and one elsewhere.

Since the start of the pandemic, the Moorlands has now recorded a total of 1,361 cases as of yesterday (Monday).

This represents an increase of 341 Moorlands cases compared to the 1,020 cases recorded in Biddulph Nub News's previous update last week.

In Staffordshire as a whole (excluding Stoke-on-Trent) there have been a total of 13,485 cases recorded since the start of the pandemic.

That is an increase of 3,151 compared to the total number of cases recorded last week.

The Moorlands had 325 cases per 100,000 people in the latest week (24th October - 30th October.) The average area in England had 153.

The Moorlands, and indeed the whole of Staffordshire including Stoke-on-Trent, is currently in tier two - or the "High" tier - of the three-tier system of local restrictions.

But from Thursday, these restrictions will temporarily be put on hold in favour of considerably more severe measures as a new national lockdown is introduced.

For the full list of rules in the new lockdown, check on the Government's website here.